Regent Sunny a highlyskilled fighter and the deadliest Head Clipper for Baron Quinn battles the Nomads to rescue a mysterious boy named MK who harbors a dark secret about his past But when he brings him back to The Fort to train as a Colt a Clipperintraining things quickly get out of hand with another trainee When first blood is drawn MK loses control of himself as if something takes over his body making the boy valuable to an opposing baron The Widow Meanwhile Sunny discovers MKs pendant has the same image as the one on his childhood compass of a place called Azra the boys home In order to seek out the truth about his own past Sunny wants to know more of this city beyond the Badlands and must find a way out especially now that his lover Veil is illegally pregnant with his child